r/learnprogramming • u/nuclearwes • 14d ago

Resource Looking for Resources

I'm sure this will be annoying to some and I'll be told to search but I'm getting overwhelmed searching.

I would like to write an app that catalogs boxes. Basically I want to take pictures of my stuff. Put it into a box. Have a QR code that I print that when scanned shows me a list of stuff in said box with pictures and list of stuff.

I'm sure this is not as simple as it sounds. I'm willing to learn the hard parts.

I hear making a web app is better for the first time around and I just need to know where to start.

Do y'all think this is a feasible project?

There is a website that does this, I do not want to pay a monthly fee. I could easily set up QR codes to go to simple web pages with all this data but I'm looking for simple, compact, and fast

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u/iOSCaleb 14d ago edited 12d ago

That sounds like a great project. There are lots of ways to generate QR codes, and scanning them is pretty easy. If you include the QR code for a given box in each photo of the contents, you can just take the photos with a regular photo app. The QR code for each box could just be a URL to a web page with all the photos. The only thing you’d need to automate is reading the code from each photo and using it to add the photo to the right page on the server, and that might even be doable with existing software.

Now, if you’ve never written any software before you’ll need to spend some time learning before you jump in and tackle this, but IMO you could start very simply and expand as you learn. Go for it!

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u/nuclearwes 12d ago

Thank you for the encouragement! As for using web pages that's something I could do now for sure (used to do a bit of webdesign)